The Ballad of Hard Times (1983)
- Original title
- La turlute des années dures
- Directed by
- Richard Boutet, Pascal Gélinas
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary collects stories from people who lived through the Great Depression in Quebec. They describe their hardships and how they survived. The film mixes these personal accounts with folk songs from that era.
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What happens
The Ballad of Hard Times (French: La turlute des années dures) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Richard Boutet and Pascal Gélinas and released in 1983. The film documents the effects of the Great Depression in Quebec through the testimonies of survivors of the period; the film takes its name from its soundtrack of popular Depression-era Quebec folk music, including the songs of La Bolduc. The film won the Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma, and received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 5th Genie Awards in 1984. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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